tbuckley/cabot-search huggingface dataset:
Love
Authors: Jean-Noel Vergnes
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

On Being a Patient18 November 2014LoveJean-Noel Vergnes, DDS, PhDJean-Noel Vergnes, DDS, PhDFrom Toulouse Dental Faculty, Toulouse, France, and Division of Oral Health and Society, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-1076 Audio Reading - “Love” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Love," by J.N. Vergnes. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail At 86, I haven't got any teeth. Haven't for a long time. I wear false ones. With the special cream on the back every morning, they hold in well. It's more difficult for my wife, Angela, though. She had a stroke 3 years ago. We're the same age, but her health has gone downhill badly in the past few years. In fact, even before the stroke, we thought that Alzheimer's might be starting.I've become what they call her “informal carer.” After her stroke, I was completely lost. Everything had to be reorganized. It wasn't easy. I'd never have believed ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Toulouse Dental Faculty, Toulouse, France, and Division of Oral Health and Society, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCorresponding Author: Jean-Noel Vergnes, DDS, PhD, Toulouse Dental Faculty, 3 Chemin des Maraîchers, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; e-mail, jn.[email protected]ca. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Love” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Love," by J.N. Vergnes. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA Reflection Curriculum for Longitudinal Community-Based Clinical Experiences: Impact on Student Perceptions of the Safety NetWhat about narrative dentistry? 18 November 2014Volume 161, Issue 10Page: 758-759KeywordsCaregiversChildrenFoodMouthNursesNursing homesRunningStrokeTouchWheelchairs ePublished: 18 November 2014 Issue Published: 18 November 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in Brooklyn
Authors: H. Dosik
Journal: JAMA (1988)

Fifteen patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) were identified in less than a two-year period in the Crown Heights—Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, NY. All patients were black; nine patients originated from the Caribbean islands and six from the southern United States. Two of the patients were father and daughter, the first evidence of familial occurrence in the United States. Their clinical course was similar to that of previously described patients with this disorder. To our knowledge, these 15 patients represent the largest series of ATLL reported in the United States. We recommend that ATLL be seriously considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with non- Hodgkin's lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, lymphatic leukemia, or hypercalcemia. (<i>JAMA</i>1988;259:2255-2257)
WATER SUPPLY OF DENVER AND CHICAGO.
Journal: JAMA (1896)

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Water Works Practice.
Journal: JAMA (1926)

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Hudson River, Manhattan
Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine (2018)

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A Television Policy for Education: Proceedings of Television Programs Institute Held under Auspices of American Council on Education at Pennsylvania State College, April 21-24, 1952.
Journal: JAMA (1953)

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HEALED OR ARRESTED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
Journal: JAMA (1893)

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Influenza Vaccine 1980-1981
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1980)

Diagnosis and Treatment1 September 1980Influenza Vaccine 1980-1981Recommendation of the Public Health Service Immunization Practices Advisory CommitteeAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-93-3-466 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AbstractThis annual revision of influenza vaccine recommendations updates information on influenza activity in the United States during 1979-1980 and provides information on the vaccine to be available for the 1980-1981 influenza season.Selected Bibliography1. Clinical studies on influenza vaccines—1976; a conference held at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20-21 January, 1977. J Infect Dis. 1977; 136 (suppl): S345-742. Google Scholar2. DOWDLECOLEMANGREGG WMM. National history of influenza type A in the United States, 1957-1972. Prog Med Virol. 1974;17:91-135. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. EICKHOFF T. Immunization against influenza: rationale and recommendations. J Infect Dis. 1971;123:446-54. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KILBOURNE E, ed. The Influenza Viruses and Influenza. New York: Academic Press; 1975. Google Scholar5. LENEMAN F. The Guillain-Barré syndrome. Arch Intern Med. 1966;118:139-44. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. PARKMANGALASSOTOPNOBLE PGFG. Summary of clinical trials of influenza vaccines. J Infect Dis. 1976;134:100-7. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SCHONBERGERBREGMANSULLIVAN-BOLYAI LDJ. Guillain-Barré syndrome following vaccination in the National Influenza Immunization Program, United States, 1976-1977. Am J Epidemiol. 1979;110:105-23. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. WRIGHTDOLINLAMONTAGNE PRJ. Summary of clinical trials of influenza vaccines: II. J Infect Dis. 1976;134:633-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: ▸From the Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services; Atlanta, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byImpact of the flu mask regulation on health care personnel influenza vaccine acceptance ratesA qualitative analysis of the impact of healthcare personnel influenza vaccination requirements in CaliforniaState law and influenza vaccination of health care personnelUsing State Laws to Vaccinate the Health-Care WorkforceVaccination contre la grippe: résultats d'une enquête sur la couverture vaccinale du personnel hospitalier à l'hôpital de la Croix-Rousse (hôpitaux de Lyon)Reversible renal damage due to glue sniffing.Reactivation of vasculitis after influenza vaccination. 1 September 1980Volume 93, Issue 3Page: 466-468KeywordsVaccines ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1980 PDF downloadLoading ...
Correction
Journal: BMJ (1950)

ANY QUESTIONS?MEDIBRrJURHAL cortisone is one, and the secretion of which is stimulated by A.C.T.H.In the latter case, eosinopenia is used as a guide to the capacity of the recipient's adrenal cortex to respond to A.C.T.H. Eosinopenia may be found in the absence of a clinical response, and occasionally the reverse appears to be true.The two processes may therefore be regarded as independent "end organ" responses to A.C.T.H. HalitosisQ.-I have a patient, aged 28, who is troubled by his wife's complaints that he suffers from malodorous breath.I can find
Varia
Authors: O.H. Arnold, J. Cremerius, Gustav Hans Graber, E.A.D.E. Carp, Igor A. Caruso, Karl Wucherer-Huldenfeld, R. Laforgue, Oluf Brüel, Jeanne Lampl-De Groot, Charles Baudouin, Berthold Stokvis
Journal: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (1956)
IMMUNOLOGICAL POWER OF THE LYMPHOCYTE
Journal: JAMA (1968)

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Erratum: Sorafenib promotes graft-versus-leukemia activity in mice and humans through IL-15 production in FLT3-ITD-mutant leukemia cells
Authors: Nimitha R Mathew, Francis Baumgartner, Lukas Braun, David O'Sullivan, Simone Thomas, Miguel Waterhouse, Tony A Müller, Kathrin Hanke, Sanaz Taromi, Petya Apostolova, Anna L Illert, Wolfgang Melchinger, Sandra Duquesne, Annette Schmitt-Graeff, Lena Osswald, Kai-Li Yan, Arnim Weber, Sonia Tugues, Sabine Spath, Dietmar Pfeifer, Marie Follo, Rainer Claus, Michael Lübbert, Christoph Rummelt, Hartmut Bertz, Ralph Wäsch, Johanna Haag, Andrea Schmidts, Michael Schultheiss, Dominik Bettinger, Robert Thimme, Evelyn Ullrich, Yakup Tanriver, Giang Lam Vuong, Renate Arnold, Philipp Hemmati, Dominik Wolf, Markus Ditschkowski, Cordula Jilg, Konrad Wilhelm, Christian Leiber, Sabine Gerull, Jörg Halter, Claudia Lengerke, Thomas Pabst, Thomas Schroeder, Guido Kobbe, Wolf Rösler, Soroush Doostkam, Stephan Meckel, Kathleen Stabla, Stephan K Metzelder, Sebastian Halbach, Tilman Brummer, Zehan Hu, Joern Dengjel, Björn Hackanson, Christoph Schmid, Udo Holtick, Christof Scheid, Alexandros Spyridonidis, Friedrich Stölzel, Rainer Ordemann, Lutz P Müller, Flore Sicre-de-Fontbrune, Gabriele Ihorst, Jürgen Kuball, Jan E Ehlert, Daniel Feger, Eva-Maria Wagner, Jean-Yves Cahn, Jacqueline Schnell, Florian Kuchenbauer, Donald Bunjes, Ronjon Chakraverty, Simon Richardson, Saar Gill, Nicolaus Kröger, Francis Ayuk, Luca Vago, Fabio Ciceri, Antonia M Müller, Takeshi Kondo, Takanori Teshima, Susan Klaeger, Bernhard Kuster, Dennis Kim, Daniel Weisdorf, Walter van der Velden, Daniela Dörfel, Wolfgang Bethge, Inken Hilgendorf, Andreas Hochhaus, Geoffroy Andrieux, Melanie Börries, Hauke Busch, John Magenau, Pavan Reddy, Myriam Labopin, Joseph H Antin, Andrea S Henden, Geoffrey R Hill, Glen A Kennedy, Merav Bar, Anita Sarma, Donal McLornan, Ghulam Mufti, Betul Oran, Katayoun Rezvani, Omid Shah, Robert S Negrin, Arnon Nagler, Marco Prinz, Andreas Burchert, Andreas Neubauer, Dietrich Beelen, Andreas Mackensen, Nikolas von Bubnoff, Wolfgang Herr, Burkhard Becher, Gerard Socié, Michael A Caligiuri, Eliana Ruggiero, Chiara Bonini, Georg Häcker, Justus Duyster, Jürgen Finke, Erika Pearce, Bruce R Blazar, Robert Zeiser
Journal: Nature Medicine (2018)
Reply
Authors: T. S. SONNEX, T.J. RYAN
Journal: British Journal of Dermatology (1987)

Journal Article Reply Get access T. S. SONNEX, T. S. SONNEX Department of Dermatology, The Slade Hospital, Oxford, U.K. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar T.J. RYAN T.J. RYAN Department of Dermatology, The Slade Hospital, Oxford, U.K. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 117, Issue 5, 1 November 1987, Page 670, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1987.tb07507.x Published: 01 November 1987
CS-06 * EGFR PHOSPHORYLATION OF DCBLD2 RECRUITS TRAF6 AND STIMULATES Akt-PROMOTED TUMORIGENESIS
Authors: H. Feng, G. Lopez, C. K. Kim, A. Alvarez, C. Duncan, R. Nishikawa, M. Nagane, A.-J. Su, M. Hedberg, J. Grandis, J. Raizer, W.-Q. Gao, S.-H. Kim, M. Minata, I. Nakano, H.-K. Lin, F. Furnari, W. Cavenee, B. Hu, S.-Y. Cheng
Journal: Neuro-Oncology (2014)

Aberrant activation of EGFR-Akt signaling frequently occurs in GBMs and promotes tumorigenesis, progression and invasion. Activation of the oncogenic EGFR-Akt signaling in cancers is caused by gene amplification, overexpression, or activating mutations of EGFR. In this study, we describe a novel function of Discoidin, CUC and LCCL domain containing protein 2 (DCBLD2), an orphan membrane receptor that has an unclear role in human cancers. DCBLD2 is up-regulated in glioblastomas (GBMs) and head & neck cancers (HNCs) and is required for EGFR-stimulated tumorigenesis. We show that EGFR activates tyrosine phosphorylation (p-Y) of the DCBLD2 Y750 residue, located within a newly identified binding motif for TNF receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6). Consequently, activation of p-DCBLD2Y750 recruits TRAF6 to DCBLD2. This association causes increased TRAF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and subsequent activation of Akt, thereby enhancing EGFR-driven tumorigenesis. Our findings uncover a novel pathway by which DCBLD2 functions as a signal relay for oncogenic EGFR signaling in promoting tumorigenesis, a conclusion that is supported by the association of EGFR activation and DCBLD2 phosphorylation with poor prognoses for gliomas and HNCs. These data also nominate DCBLD2 and TRAF6 as attractive therapeutic targets for human cancers that are associated with EGFR activation.
Telephone care as a substitute for routine clinic follow-up
Authors: J. Wasson
Journal: JAMA (1992)

<h3>Design.</h3> —Randomized trial. <h3>Setting.</h3> —A primary care clinic. <h3>Patients.</h3> —Four hundred ninety-seven men aged 54 years or older. <h3>Objective.</h3> —We examined the hypothesis that substituting clinician-initiated telephone calls (telephone care) for some clinic visits would reduce medical care utilization without adversely affecting patient health. <h3>Intervention.</h3> —Clinicians were asked to double their recommended interval for face-to-face follow-up and schedule three intervening telephone contacts; for control patients, the follow-up interval recommended by their clinician was unchanged. <h3>Main Outcome Measures.</h3> —Use of medical services and health status. <h3>Results.</h3> —During the 2-year follow-up period, 7% of patients withdrew or became unavailable. Telephone-care patients had fewer total clinic visits, scheduled and unscheduled, than usual-care patients (19%,<i>P</i>&lt;.001). In addition, telephone-care patients had less medication use (14%,<i>P</i>=.006), fewer admissions, and shorter stays in the hospital (28% fewer total hospital days,<i>P</i>=.005), and 41% fewer intensive care unit days (<i>P</i>=.03). Estimated total expenditures for telephone care were 28% less per patient for the 2 years ($1656,<i>P</i>=.004). For the subgroup of patients with fair or poor overall health at the beginning of the study (n= 180), savings were somewhat greater ($1976,<i>P</i>=.01). In this subgroup, improvement in physical function from baseline (<i>P</i>=.02) and a possible reduction in mortality (<i>P</i>=.06) were also observed. <h3>Conclusion.</h3> —We conclude that substituting telephone care for selected clinic visits significantly reduces utilization of medical services. For more severely ill patients, the increased contact made possible by telephone care may also improve health status and reduce mortality. (<i>JAMA</i>. 1992;267:1788-1793)
Appendicitis.
Authors: R. E. Haughton
Journal: JAMA (1898)

Richmond, Ind. <h3>To the Editor:</h3> —I am quite disposed to favor the writer of the article on "Appendicitis" in theJournalof May 14, as I am perhaps the cause of several articles which have appeared in theJournal.... Dr. Carstens has made the<i>amende honorable</i>in the same propositions, which I quote from his second article in theJournalof February 19. Apropos, the London medical men are and have been laughing over the question of "<i>What is Fame?</i>" which was brought out by the indifferent regard to such names as Treves and Talamon, when such names are quoted with much gusto, as Price, Deaver, Murphy, Fowler, Morris and others. The last mentioned, as if aching for a controversy, thrust in his lance of the quill, hoping somebody would recognize him as the New York gladiator on this important topic. First then to Dr. Carstens' propositions, viz.: 1. " He
Human Mutants
Authors: Graham Easton
Journal: BMJ (2004)

Channel 4, Thursdays at 9 pm from 3 to 17 June Rating:![Graphic][1]</img>![Graphic][2]</img> Full marks for the attention grabbing title. But I suspect that anyone looking forward to a Victorian style freak show would have been frustrated. Admittedly, Human Mutants does have most of the key ingredients—mysterious lighting, a spooky ringmaster, giants, dwarves, and babies in bottles. But for the voyeur craning his or her neck in the front row, all the serious science and compassion would get in the way. This is about how deformity reveals normality, and how we are all mutants—it's just that some of us are more mutant than others. Our ringmaster, self confessed mutant Armand Leroi, is in fact a reader in evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College, London. His series champions the contribution that the study of mutation has made to science's understanding of human development and evolution. In the first programme, “The Mystery of Growth,” he showed us how we grow and what happens when that complex growth … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif